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Form N-PX · fund family · year to 30 June 202519 filers grouped

John Hancock and Manulife

One season of the John Hancock and Manulife record. The family page shows the latest season.

Vote records reported
417,534year to 30 June 2025
Against management
10.3%36,633 of 353,945 marked votes
Say-on-pay support
85.5%for, of for + against + abstain
Shareholder-proposal support
25.7%for, of for + against + abstain
88.0% for8.4% against3.6% other10.3% against management355,626 votes

foragainstabstain, withhold or otheramber tick: the portion cast against management

John Hancock and Manulife reported 417,534 vote records for the year to 30 June 2025. It marked 10.3% of its votes as cast against management (36,633 of 353,945), 2.7 percentage points above the median of the fund families tracked here, which was 7.6%.

Weighted by the number of shares voted, the against-management share is 7.9%. The two figures differ when the votes against management fall on larger or smaller holdings than the rest.

On pay and on shareholder proposals: it voted for 85.5% of the section 14A say-on-pay items it reported (the median of the fund families tracked here: 88.8%) and it voted for 25.7% of the proposals put forward by security holders (the median of the fund families tracked here: 29.5%).

By category, votes against management were most frequent in SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AND DEFENSES (39.2% of 1,611), ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE (19.9% of 1,382) and COMPENSATION (18.6% of 19,305).

It reported 1.20 billion shares out on loan at record dates, 1.85% of the shares it held or had lent across the meetings it reported. Shares on loan are not voted.

Compared with other filers

Each rate is defined once, in the methodology. The median is taken over 60 families with at least 25 vote records in the season.

year to 30 June 2025This familyMedian familyAll filers pooled
Against-management share10.3%7.6%9.7%
Say-on-pay support rate85.5%88.8%84.3%
Shareholder-proposal support rate25.7%29.5%33.0%
Shares on loan, share of shares held1.85%0.85%2.20%
Largest families, year to 30 June 2026Against managementSay-on-pay supportShareholder-proposal support
Vanguard20.1%94.1%42.0%
BlackRock and iShares7.5%88.3%11.9%
Fidelity6.0%94.7%27.6%
Dimensional16.4%78.9%57.4%
State Street and SPDR16.9%77.1%50.4%

Of the 417,534 vote records in this filing, 68,428 carry something the form does not expect: a missing vote source or category, a record with no vote line, a meeting date that cannot be read, or a security identifier this site could not use. They are counted as filed. What is checked

Votes by category

Filers choose one or more categories for each vote, so a vote can appear in more than one row. Category names are printed as Form N-PX defines them.

Category (as the form names it)VotesForAgainstAgainst managementSplit
DIRECTOR ELECTIONS188,418170,2798,6529.3%
SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES27,00021,4703,63615.0%
AUDIT-RELATED28,19827,5395872.2%
INVESTMENT COMPANY MATTERS333300.0%
SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AND DEFENSES1,7411,15046039.2%
EXTRAORDINARY TRANSACTIONS6,3515,53181212.8%
CAPITAL STRUCTURE37,08433,0653,96010.7%
COMPENSATION19,59715,7553,80918.6%
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE32,63127,0435,09314.7%
ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE1,3853071,06219.9%
HUMAN RIGHTS OR HUMAN CAPITAL/WORKFORCE7019360114.2%
DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION1502612417.3%
OTHER SOCIAL ISSUES3,2231,5481,64910.7%
OTHER19,99017,6931,6169.7%

By season

SeasonVote recordsAgainst managementSay-on-pay supportShareholder-proposal supportSplit
year to 30 June 2024507,42613.0%84.7%40.7%
year to 30 June 2025417,53410.3%85.5%25.7%
year to 30 June 2026359,29611.3%86.1%29.3%

Say-on-pay votes against management

Counting one say-on-pay item per company meeting, John Hancock and Manulife voted against management on 799 of the 4,359 it marked either way (18.3%) in the year to 30 June 2025. The 40 companies with the most reporting filers are listed.

A further 385 say-on-pay items were reported without a management mark and are left out of both sides of that fraction.

Shareholder proposals it supported

Of 880 proposals from security holders that could be told apart in the filings and on which it cast a vote, John Hancock and Manulife voted for 245 (27.8%). The 40 at the companies with the most reporting filers are listed. Titles are the most common wording among filers; where a wording could name a person, the SEC category is printed instead.

CompanyMeetingProposal
Microsoft Corporation10 Dec 2024Report on AI Misinformation and Disinformation
Meta Platforms, Inc.28 May 2025A shareholder proposal regarding disclosure of voting results based on class of shares.
Meta Platforms, Inc.28 May 2025A shareholder proposal regarding report on hate targeting marginalized communities.
Meta Platforms, Inc.28 May 2025A shareholder proposal regarding report on child safety impacts and actual harm reduction to children.
Meta Platforms, Inc.28 May 2025A shareholder proposal regarding dual class capital structure.
Visa Inc.28 Jan 2025Shareholder proposal on transparency in lobbying.
JPMorgan Chase & Co.20 May 2025Support for an independent board chairman
AbbVie Inc.9 May 2025Stockholder Proposal - to Implement Simple Majority Vote
The Procter & Gamble Company8 Oct 2024Shareholder Proposal - Pay Gap Reporting
Netflix, Inc.5 Jun 2025Shareholder proposal: CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
CHEVRON CORPORATION28 May 2025Allow Holders of 10 Percent of Our Common Stock to Call Special Meetings
Adobe Inc.22 Apr 2025Stockholder Proposal Regarding Vote on Golden Parachutes.
Comcast Corporation18 Jun 2025Adopt policy for an independent chair
Texas Instruments Incorporated17 Apr 2025Stockholder proposal to permit a combined 10% of stockholders to call a special meeting.
NIKE, Inc.10 Sep 2024To consider a shareholder proposal regarding Supplemental Pay Equity Disclosure
NIKE, Inc.10 Sep 2024To consider a shareholder proposal regarding Worker-Driven Social Responsibility
NIKE, Inc.10 Sep 2024To consider a shareholder proposal regarding Environmental Targets
NIKE, Inc.10 Sep 2024To consider a shareholder proposal regarding a Supply Chain Management Report
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.20 May 2025Shareowner Proposal - Independent Board Chairman.
Citigroup Inc.29 Apr 2025Stockholder proposal requesting a shareholder vote regarding excessive golden parachutes.
Intel Corporation6 May 2025Stockholder proposal requesting shareholder right to act by written consent
Gilead Sciences, Inc.7 May 2025To vote on a stockholder proposal requesting a comprehensive human rights policy and human rights due...
The Charles Schwab Corporation22 May 2025Stockholder proposal requesting declassification of the board of directors
Deere & Company26 Feb 2025S/h proposal - create a non-discriminatory sexual orientation policy"
DUKE ENERGY CORPORATION1 May 2025Shareholder proposal regarding support simple majority vote
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION9 May 2025Stockholder Proposal Requesting Shareholder Approval Requirement for Excessive Golden Parachutes
United Parcel Service, Inc.8 May 2025To take steps to reduce the voting power of UPS class A stock from 10 votes per share to one vote per share.
PayPal Holdings, Inc.5 Jun 2025Stockholder Proposal - Reduce Threshold to Call Special Meetings of Stockholders.
Booking Holdings Inc.3 Jun 2025Reduce Ownership Threshold for Shareholders to Call Special Meeting
Palo Alto Networks, Inc.10 Dec 2024To consider and vote upon a shareholder proposal, if properly presented at the Annual Meeting, regarding a...
THE SOUTHERN COMPANY21 May 2025Stockholder proposal regarding simple majority vote
Boston Scientific Corporation1 May 2025Stockholder proposal titled "Support Simple Majority Vote."
FedEx Corporation23 Sep 2024Stockholder proposal regarding climate lobbying alignment with company's carbon neutral goals.
FedEx Corporation23 Sep 2024Stockholder proposal regarding a Just Transition report.
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated14 May 2025Shareholder proposal, if properly presented at the meeting, regarding excessive golden parachutes.
Autodesk, Inc.16 Jul 2024To consider and vote upon a stockholder proposal, if properly presented at the Annual Meeting, to enable...
Illinois Tool Works Inc.2 May 2025A non-binding stockholder proposal, if properly presented at the meeting, for stockholder ratification of...
McKesson Corporation31 Jul 2024Shareholder Proposal on Independent Board Chairman
Otis Worldwide Corporation15 May 2025Shareholder proposal regarding reporting on political contributions and expenditures
General Mills, Inc.24 Sep 2024Shareholder Proposal - Disclosure of Regenerative Agriculture Practices Within Supply Chain.

Shares on loan

John Hancock and Manulife reported 1.20 billion shares on loan at record dates against 63.75 billion shares voted: 1.85% of the two together. Median family: 0.85%. Shares lent out at the record date cannot be voted by the lender, which is why Form N-PX asks for the figure. More on lending and votes.

Questions

How did John Hancock and Manulife vote on executive pay?

In the year to 30 June 2025 John Hancock and Manulife reported 25,108 votes in the category SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES that were cast for, against or abstain. 21,463 were for (85.5%), 3,636 against and 9 abstentions. Counting one item per company meeting, it voted against management on 799 of the 4,359 say-on-pay items it marked either way. A further 385 say-on-pay items were reported without a management mark and are not counted in that figure.

How often does John Hancock and Manulife vote against management?

10.3% of the time in the year to 30 June 2025: 36,633 of the 353,945 votes it marked as for or against management. Form N-PX asks each filer to state, vote by vote, whether the vote was for or against management's recommendation; this figure counts those marks.

Did John Hancock and Manulife support shareholder proposals on climate?

In the category ENVIRONMENT OR CLIMATE it reported 1,285 votes on proposals from security holders in the year to 30 June 2025 and voted for 236 of them (18.4%). Across every category it voted for 25.7% of security-holder proposals. Filers choose the category for each vote, so the same proposal can sit in different categories in different filings.

Is this the result of the meetings?

No. Form N-PX shows how this filer voted the shares it held. It does not show how other shareholders voted or whether a proposal was approved. Companies report certified results separately, on Form 8-K.

Where does the data come from?

From the Form N-PX filings of the registrants and managers grouped under this family on the SEC's EDGAR system, read as filed. The SEC does not verify the contents. Amended filings (N-PX/A) replace the filings they amend. Data on this page runs through 23 Sep 2026.

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Provenance: SEC EDGAR, Form N-PX and N-PX/A filings of the filers grouped under John Hancock and Manulife, read as filed and not verified by the SEC. Filings read through 23 Sep 2026; page built 26 Sep 2026.